On 3 Feb 99, at 13:40, Scott Robertson wrote:
Out of curiosity, what would byte ranging buy you? Do some clients request ranges? I think I read about this in the HTTP 1.1 spec...
Byte serving in this instance would allow the PDF plugin to grab page 33 out of a 300 page PDF without downloading the whole file.
Exactly! I'll have dial-up users wanting to view my 2 megabyte .pdf file. They can immediately begin viewing the first page if I supported byte ranges... Otherwise the entire document must download first. Should byte-ranges go into the file object, or be up at the server level? It really only applies to certain content types.. Brad Clements, bkc@murkworks.com (315)268-1000 http://www.murkworks.com (315)268-9812 Fax netmeeting: ils://ils.murkworks.com ICQ: 14856937 We must come down from our heights, and leave our straight paths, for the byways and low places of life, if we would learn truths by strong contrasts; and in hovels, in forecastles, and among our own outcasts in foreign lands, see what has been wrought upon our fellow-creatures by accident, hardship, or vice. - Richard Henry Dana, Jr. 1836